Daniel Sturridge was named the Barclays Premier League Player of the Month [GETTY]

The Liverpool striker – yesterday named Barclays Premier League Player of the Month – was ruled out of the games against Moldova and Ukraine with a thigh strain.

But he is set to line up against the Swans at the Liberty Stadium on Monday.

Laudrup said: “Everyone is talking about England needing its young players and the importance of the game. I am sure he would have played the other day in a crucial game but he didn’t as he was injured.

“But just 48 hours later and he is already fit to play against us. I was a little surprised about that.

“If our game was Saturday, he wouldn’t have been ready. But we’ll look at him over the next couple of days and hope he’ll be involved.”

“If he does play for us, I don’t want Daniel to be seen as someone who doesn’t want to play for England”

Brendan Rodgers

“I thought there were some rules that if you were injured you couldn’t play for your team three or four days later.”

But Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers has insisted Sturridge WASN’T fit to play for England.

Rodgers said: “If he does play for us, I don’t want Daniel to be seen as someone who doesn’t want to play for England.

“He was disappointed to miss out on the England games. The medical experts made the decision, not Daniel Sturridge.

“The decision was taken by Roy (Hodgson) and his staff. He was not available for the first game.

“He went back and they looked at him again and he hadn’t improved enough to be involved in the second game on Tuesday.

“That was a week ago and, for a grade-one strain, it’s normal to be able to recover in that time.